IT’S SO NICE TO MEET YOU
Hi! I'm Andrea
Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology (MACP)
Registered Psychotherapist
NARM Therapist
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner
My Approach
Your experience is always led by you, operating under the truth that adults have agency and autonomy. It's your journey, and I help guide using a compassionate, body-mind approach to help you reconnect with who you are meant to be through...
Somatic Experiencing
Neuroaffective Relational Model (NARM)
Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR)
Neuroaffective Touch
I pride myself on providing the most competent care possible, by pursuing the integration of new professional skills and therapeutic modalities for greater support of the connection between brain and body.
I'm so happy you're here.
More about me
In my work, I support people in finally feeling that it’s safe to grow up and own our lives as autonomous adults. These days, it's easy to feel pressure to be perfectly healed, adjusted, and able to balance it all internally and externally. While that pressure is real, maybe we don't have to focus on surviving those kinds of pressures anymore, and for some, surviving like we needed to as kids. We can be our authentic selves without sacrificing love, a sense of belonging, or even our true selves.
For as long as I could remember, I felt stuck. But I couldn't shake this feeling that there had to be a better way, that this really couldn’t be who I was or what I would experience of myself forever. I couldn't figure out why everything I tried to change never stuck or never really helped me feel “better” or “different” in the long term. To put it simply, I was desperate to feel FREE.
Maybe you're here because you've had those same feelings too.
It was experiences like these that gave me the courage to ask for help and ultimately led me to this space.
I started my business in May 2019 after I completed my Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University. Since then, I've become a somatic experiencing practitioner, NARM therapist, and am trained in Deep Brain Reorienting. I currently specialize in developmental/attachment trauma.
If you feel like you're struggling to manage everything alone or cope with the demands of everyday life, you're not alone. I support individuals who are experiencing patterns of shame, feel frozen physically and emotionally, and/or have a fear of connection, while also having a deep desire for it. If you want some help getting "unstuck” in these patterns, we can work together towards new embodied experiences that will empower you to live a more authentic life.
Working with me feels like...
... having someone to guide you as you navigate through unconscious and conscious patterns, to support the focus on yourself, and to encourage curiosity and gentle challenges. We focus on staying in the present moment, as an adult. This is not regressive work, we always work with who you are and how you feel in the here and now.
We navigate the impacts of attachment, relational, and developmental trauma, and I incorporate NARM, somatic experiencing, and more as a means to support the integration of the body and mind for emotional growth..
You learn how to navigate your internal world and support yourself through overwhelming emotions such as fear, shame & guilt.
You gain an understanding of the importance of shifting attention from rumination to your present moment experience of yourself (brain/physical body).
And you develop the ability to exist in an authentic, adult way instead of reacting from old unconscious patterns and beliefs about yourself.
